Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-10-29 | Page 15 | Complaint Made of Parcel Post

I COMPLAINT IT MADE OF PARCEL POST Poor Methods of Handling r Goods Charged 1 W WASHINGTON Oct A 29 A general i Investigation l Into o the parcel post deiv delivery de- de I de-I livery iv cry has been asked for by bythe bythe the he Associated d Dress Industries of I America i with a a view lew to eliminating I a a. condition which ib Is causing a loss of I many thousands of dollars donars e every ery month tp o the dress manufacturers manufacturers I Not ot only are the packages delivered delivered ered in broken condition conditio with spoiled dell I garments but on their delivery delver 1 it Is charged carriers ex exercise little or no I care throwing the merchandise In into info o any vacant space after announcing parcel I Th majority of the complaints from rom the members of the association point I out iut that packages package are thrown on the i floor loor from the passenger elevators In Ina Ina i ia have been number of instances they a i carried away by thieves who have hae discovered discovered dis dis- i covered the faulty parcel post delivery deli deity very vI v- I system and who make a pr practice ery cry of if following the carriers and helping I themselves to whatever merchandise they hey can lay their hands hand on I Packages are not handled with care carein 1 in jn fact are thrown around as so much junk one member r wrote to tot the e association while the opinions of others others others oth oth- I ers are aio In Jn a similar tone all regardIng regarding regard- regard Ing ng losses looses sustained through the improper 1111 im- i proper propel handling of the merchandise in transit The gen general ral tenor of ot the complaints complaints com com- plaints ph is to t the e effect that parcel post packages p have ha never been delivered in good bood condition In its communication to the tire post postmaster master general tho Associated Dress Dreis Industries of or America through Exec- Exec utne Director D David V X Mose sohn asks aks s for the inauguration of a system which will eliminate the present abuse and establish the necessary necessary necessary essary improved conditions not ii not t b billy ly to protect perishable merchandise but also all goods shipped via yia t the parcel post system So far as the dress industries in industries In- In are concerned the tIle garments I are arc naturally perishable e and in many many I instances represent 1 t a a cos cost of several j hundred dollars for for each package shipped I